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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Richard Edward Williams Sr.; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williams Sr. was born in Chicago to Arthur |
5 | | L. Williams and Nellie R. Atkins on July 3, 1926; he grew up on |
6 | | the Westside of Chicago and attended Grant and Tennyson
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7 | | elementary schools and Crane High School; he served in the |
8 | | United States Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1945; he |
9 | | was baptized in the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii in 1944; he |
10 | | returned to Chicago after the war and married Louise Ford; he |
11 | | later married Dolores Sellers in 1950; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williams Sr. worked for various |
13 | | companies, including the Ford Motor Co., Western
Electric, and |
14 | | the Hines Veterans Administration Hospital; he had a career of |
15 | | over 30 years as a welder at
International Harvester (IH); he |
16 | | served as a United Auto Workers (UAW) union steward,
shop |
17 | | committeeman, regional representative and was very active with |
18 | | the UAW
Political Action Committee while at IH; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Williams Sr. co-owned a barbershop and was |
20 | | a independent plumbing and heating contractor on the Westside; |
21 | | and |